Trapped in the System chords by Ghetts

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Verse 1
Am 
Yeah man, it's like 2007
F 
Dm 
I came out of jail in 2003
They've had me on proba
F 
Dm 
tion ever since man
Am 
It's like see when you're
Caught in the system
No matter how hard you try
It's not easy to get out of
F 
Dm 
This man they got you!
See when you're name
comes up
Am 
And they got the fingerprint tings now
So it's all nuts you know yeah man
G 
I deal with

Verse 2
Am 
early mornings, probations
Same locations different PO
Dm 
F 
change ro  tations
First to be seen
Dm 
Clothes stinking of weed by the
Herbs on my jeans
F 
Dm 
That's how I stay so patient
E 
Am 
I can't wait to go man
F 
Am 
Today I'm the last to get here
First to leave
G 
And I've been coming here from
my early teens
Am 
When I finish they hope my
place stays vacant
But I'm a changed man,
F 
brand new game plan
You can even quote that statement
Dm 
These days I'm as
low as that pavement
But you might see me do
A show for the payment
I leave the roads in amazement
Am 
So bye bye for good
G 
I hate the system and if you

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Verse 3

Lived my life you would

Trapped in the system my

past is my shadow

They look at me like I ain't half of an adult

My bars are my ammo

Try ing to be calm

but I'm raggo

Verse 4
Am 
Early mornings, community service
But the truth is I'd rather
serve time
Dm 
F 
I'm looking back at my first time
Dm 
Name one day worse than
unpaid work
Weekends I'm here like sunday church
E 
Am 
Digging dirt in allotments
Dm 
Am 
9: 30 to 4PM my phones
Supposed to be switched off
G 
I stand next to a tree trunk
Am 
F 
Am 
Put that on beep once and then drift off
Dm 
I got hard day ahead so I'm pissed off
F 
When I'm here man it seem like hours
Dm 
Some say I should've called in sick
But it make no sense delaying
Am 
the process
Dm 
I wanna get this over and done with
Am 
It's becoming a burden for certain
G 
Some say crime's an entrance

Verse 5
to a sentence
Am 
X2 trapped in the system
My past is my shadow
Dm 
They look at me like I ain't half of an adult
F 
Am 
My bars are my ammo
Dm 
Am 
Trying to be calm but
Dm 
Am 
Dm 
I'm raggo
Am 
Welcome to Feltham's Young Offenders Institution

Verse 6
Am 
remember the rules
Dm 
F 
Give back your phone card by
The end of the call
Dm 
F 
Behave and you'll be out
Dm 
by December the 4th
Yeah I know the ropes,
I'm not new to this
Am 
I've been here before where's
my crucifix?
F 
I don't wanna do no induction again
G 
I dun know how to function in pen
Am 
I'm a road thug with no
love for no gov'
F 
Am 
Don't treat me like a grown mug
Dm 
F 
Fuck that I want a phone
Call right now if not
Dm 
I wanna speak to the PO or want a VO
E 
I waiting 'til social
Dm 
Racist bastards treating me so cruel
F 
Am 
I got an  other case I
don't wanna go court
G 
One bird's enough now I'm

Verse 7
certainly fucked
Dm 
Am 
Trapped in the system my
past is my shadow
F 
They look at me like I ain't half of an adult
Dm 
My bars are my ammo
Am 
Dm 
Am 
Trying to be calm but
Dm 
Am 
G 
I'm raggo
Am 
You

Verse 8
Dm 
Am 
F 
Am 
know
Dm 
what cos sometimes I
F 
Dm 
Try talk back in probation
C 
Dm 
And you know that can get you
Back in the court so just voicing
Am 
G 
Am 
my opinion
F 
Yeahg- H
Am 
F 
Simone I'll see you next week,
same time